It took all of TWO weeks to change the world for the worse in March 2020. Two flippin' weeks, that's it. Sadly, many of you are to blame because you fell for it. Not me though. Oh but before you think I'm proud let me tell you what I did fall for that got us here to being with.
Let's go back to 9/11/2001. Supposedly 18 Saudi's with box cutters committed offenses that changed the world in ONE day. Somehow it was deemed necessary to not only go after the men we were told organized this crime but two entire nations who had nothing to do with it.
And how joyful I was when George Bush said in NYC with his megaphone "they'll be hearing from us All soon enough". And when the first "shock and awe" videos were played on TV how proud I was. We're going to show them who's boss. The might of the US in all its beauty was right there and it felt good.
Of course, awaiting every "Shock and awe" missile were families sitting down for dinner, doing homework, saying their prayers, going on a first date, delivering a newborn. yeah, I didn't care. I was like Madeline Albright when asked by Leslie Stahl in 1996, “We have heard that a half-million children have died. I mean, that’s more children than died in Hiroshima. And — and, you know, is the price worth it?"
She replied: “I think this is a very hard choice, but the price — we think the price is worth it.”
Yup. That was me too. And it shames me to no end that I fell for this. It took me nearly 20 years to realize the error of my ways but when March 2020 came around I was well prepared. I hope and pray it doesn't take YOU 20 years more to wake up to the lies we've been told for generations. I pray you are well prepared for the next "rally around the flag" event that happens. I don't know what it will be but it WILL happen. Don't fall for it next time. Please.
Ed McQuarrie talks the REAL History of Stocks and Bond performance.
https://www.morningstar.com/portfolios/how-use-commodities-your-portfolio?utm_source=eloqua&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FundSpy&utm_content=None_61962&utm_id=32070
How Commodities funds can help diversification with Stocks and Bonds and usually not correlated to either
https://www.morningstar.com/funds/most-stunning-fact-about-vanguards-etf-flows-2
This article shows people are pulling money out of mutual funds and putting it into index funds an example is VOO. Also Vanguard Primecap and Core fund opened the fund due to them both because of money being pulled out. INDEX ETF's way to go tax efficient and low expenses